Tough Decision Time on Ohtani ?

[Brandon]

Can someone post a Ric Flair “Wooooooo” gif for me since I’m on my phone but want to post in an epic thread?

[Taylor]

First player since Babe F'ing Ruth to hit a HR and collect a W in consecutive games played.

[CubsFan]

Guys, he can't hit the curve, they don't have curve balls in Japan.  Send him down for a year in Little League.

[Taylor]

On 3/10/2018 at 10:07 AM, Blarg said:

Scouts may have seen only 14 plate appearances from Ohtani but they have a catalogue of millions of swings spread over thousands of players to draw comparisons to. If they are saying what they have seen comps with players not ready for MLB major league play the butt hurt is coming from you guys. 

Ohtani looks over matched right now, two weeks into play. So do many other players that we know have MLB skills. I think the difference is the other players know where they need to be to hit at this level, Ohtani knows where he needs to be to hit in Japan. There is a gap he will need to fill in. 

Agreed.

[Blarg]

16 minutes ago, CubsFan said:

Guys, he can't hit the curve, they don't have curve balls in Japan.  Send him down for a year in Little League.

https://sports.yahoo.com/angels-rookie-shohei-ohtani-hits-first-homer-majors-035740979.html

With two runners on base in the first inning, Ohtani flicked a 2-and-2 curveball into the bleachers in right-center field. 

Your trolling skills are pretty bad. 

[Taylor]

I think CubsFan was being sarcastic.

[101halo]

22 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Maybe Ohtani just didn't like to play in the daytime.  He wants more of the prime time action.

I agree. 

[eligrba]

On 3/11/2018 at 11:24 AM, eligrba said:

Holy friggin over reaction, Batman....

Ohtani is a rookie making the league minimum.........all I see is butt-hurt from giddy butt-hurt team scouts who, all of a sudden, seemed to have changed their collective minds about Ohtani based on a very small sample size.

Because of all of the hype, Ohtani will simply need to make adjustments earlier than other rookies.

Not worried one bit about Ohtani.  I am more worried about the bullpen......and maybe the starting pitching.....possibly the impact of Simmons's shoulder strain.....a little about Pujols reverting back to a pull hitter.....the economy.....my rash....an annoying oily discharge.

Idiot.

[disarcina]

OK -- OK

looks like he's turned it around and is season ready.

actually the slow start thing in Arizona ST was a mis-direction ploy by Ohtani.

[zenmaster]

Great start but now he's setting the bar high and if he doesn't perform like Babe Ruth the rest of the year will we all be disappointed?

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, zenmaster said:

Great start but now he's setting the bar high and if he doesn't perform like Babe Ruth the rest of the year will we all be disappointed?

If he goes 0-for-4 in his next start, people will claim he's a bust.

[CubsFan]

So they just walked the pitcher with the bases loaded.  And it's not embarrassing but a smart play.

Think about that for a minute.

[Taylor]

Ohtani skus again.

[Angelsjunky]

How many times will this thread be bumped this year?

[Taylor]

11 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

How many times will this thread be bumped this year?

Every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

[DMVol]

28 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Keep bumpin’ baby...

[CubsFan]

Clearly, the experts knew what they were talking about when they wanted to send him to single A.

[101halo]

Can I get a mod's help closing this thread and hiding it to be never be seen again? Not that I've said anything here I regret, just protecting those that did. 

[CubsFan]

It's got to suck for the guys who drafted Othani high in their fantasy leagues and then dropped him after Spring Training.